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what ye feeding freshly calved cows

  • 24-01-2013 10:21pm
    #1
    case 956
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    hi all as the above says what ye feeding freshly calved dairy cows/heifers and what the yield they delievering

    i am feeding 5kg of a dairy nut and pit silage but pit was nt tested but it doesnt seem to be great quality and at the moment i milking only frshly caLVED HEIFERS AND THERE ONLY DELIEVERING 4 GALLONS A DAY, is there anything i could give them or anything i can do to increase there yields


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  • #2
    stanflt
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    case 956 wrote: »
    hi all as the above says what ye feeding freshly calved dairy cows/heifers and what the yield they delievering

    i am feeding 5kg of a dairy nut and pit silage but pit was nt tested but it doesnt seem to be great quality and at the moment i milking only frshly caLVED HEIFERS AND THERE ONLY DELIEVERING 4 GALLONS A DAY, is there anything i could give them or anything i can do to increase there yields


    fresh cows are getting 1.5kg soya, 1kg straw, 8kg brewers fresh, 1kg beet pulp, 12kg dm silage 3kg dm maize and feed to yield in parlour of 16%high energy nuts up to 6kg per head per day

    fresh cows averaging 44litres


  • #3
    Timmaay
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    Genetics/breeding might play a part there with Stans cows, don't expect the above with JE/ British Fr etc :P (But serious going Stan, I had a look back at all your boards posts there afew days ago, gave me plenty food for thought when I had began swaying away from the whole Holstien high input/output setup!)


  • #4
    delaval
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    Don't be too disappointed with heifer performance. They have a lot to adapt to. We feeding 5kg at moment to fresh heifers. I am totally ignoring production but we will be watching condition carefully. You will have them at grass shortly and they will be ok. As you know most heifers will be in last few rows at milking when the cows start to calve. We just give them a double feed at each milking really helos a lot. We have a guy who milks his heifers once a day 'till mid April really helps condition, never tried it here only do with lame cows during grazing season


  • #5
    td5man
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    Is brewers grain hard to get this year?


  • #6
    keep going
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    case 956 wrote: »
    hi all as the above says what ye feeding freshly calved dairy cows/heifers and what the yield they delievering

    i am feeding 5kg of a dairy nut and pit silage but pit was nt tested but it doesnt seem to be great quality and at the moment i milking only frshly caLVED HEIFERS AND THERE ONLY DELIEVERING 4 GALLONS A DAY, is there anything i could give them or anything i can do to increase there yields
    take easy give them a chance to find their feet-heifers usually only milk 60 to 70% of a mature anyway.it would be great if you get a bit of grass into them but thats not happening at the moment.you could feed more but it might only upset the apple cart-in fresh heifers 5 kilos is over half what they could be eating in the first couple of weeks


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